CODY v. MELLO

No. 1604, Docket 94-9210.

59 F.3d 13 (1995)

Joan CODY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Keith MELLO and Thomas Murray, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn K. Querijero, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, CT (Richard Blumenthal, Atty. Gen. of Connecticut, Leslie D. McCallum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, CT, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

John R. Williams, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, VAN GRAAFEILAND and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Keith Mello and Thomas Murray appeal from a default judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Daly, J.) awarding Joan Cody $54,694.40. For the reasons that follow we vacate and remand.

On June 9, 1989, defendants, Connecticut police officers, searched Cody's apartment in Hamden, Connecticut pursuant to a valid warrant authorizing the search for and seizure of narcotics and related items. On...

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